openSUSE Security Update: Security update for openvswitch ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2272-1 Rating: important References: #1002734 #1041447 #1041470 #1050896 Cross-References: CVE-2017-9263 CVE-2017-9265 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.
Description:
This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2017-9263: OpenFlow role status message can cause a call to abort() leading to application crash (bsc#1041470)
- CVE-2017-9265: Buffer over-read while parsing message could lead to crash or maybe arbitrary code execution (bsc#1041447)
- Do not restart the ovs-vswitchd and ovsdb-server services on package updates (bsc#1002734)
- Do not restart the ovs-vswitchd, ovsdb-server and openvswitch services on package removals. This facilitates potential future package moves but also preserves connectivity when the package is removed (bsc#1050896)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-973=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):
openvswitch-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-debuginfo-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-debugsource-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-devel-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-ovn-central-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-ovn-central-debuginfo-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-ovn-common-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-ovn-common-debuginfo-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-ovn-docker-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-ovn-host-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-ovn-host-debuginfo-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-ovn-vtep-debuginfo-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-pki-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-test-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-test-debuginfo-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-vtep-2.7.0-4.1 openvswitch-vtep-debuginfo-2.7.0-4.1 python-openvswitch-2.7.0-4.1 python-openvswitch-test-2.7.0-4.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9263.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9265.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1002734 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041447 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041470 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050896